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Travel Ban Case to be Heard, Threats to Academic Freedom Remain High

July 05, 2017 / PSU-AAUP

AAUP National
June 26, 2017

This morning the Supreme Court announced that it will hear a legal challenge to Trump's exclusionary travel ban. The case will be heard in the upcoming term that starts in October.

In the meantime, the ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries has been allowed to go into effect, with exemptions for foreign nationals "who have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States."

We believe that the exclusion is at odds with the fundamental AAUP principles and our nation's historic commitment to the free exchange of ideas.

Read the full posting at the national AAUP website here.